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Where does “multilot” come from?

multilot (English) comes from English multi, from English multituberculate, from English tuberculate, from Latin tuberculatus, from Latin tūberculum, from Latin tūber, from Proto-Italic tūβos, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

multilot (English): Of or relating to more than one lot, or plot of...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to more than one lot, or plot of...

Ancestry of “multilot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmultiA multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus
2EnglishmultituberculateHaving molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of...
3EnglishtuberculateHaving tubercles; Tubercular
4Latintuberculatuswarty, tuberculate
5Latintūberculum—
6Latintūber—
7Proto-Italictūβos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
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